Monday, January 25, 2010

Motza"sh (Saturday night, after Shabbat), I was moving along when, all of a sudden, I felt shooting pain in my left hip/thigh. I had not fallen or banged into anything, so I assumed I just pulled a muscle, though I could not figure out how.

I hobbled along, doing what needed to be done for a few hours. Then I got nervous. What if the pain got worse on the retreat, when I would be on the Carmel mountains, miles away from home (and Sha'are Zedek, my hospital of choice)?

I called the family doctor on call. After I described my condition, he asked me a bunch of question, including whether there was any swelling. I did not know, so I checked. I reported that my thigh was swollen; the swelling was mild, but definitely noticible. "You need to go to the hospital now," the doctor informed me.

12 comments:

So happy that it turned out not to be life threatening. I too had a clot alarm a few days ago. Is it not wonderful how all this people were there when and where you needed them. Hope you enjoy the retreat.

happy to hear that you didn't have a clot. doctors jump to tht worst conclusions over the phone. i remember one doctor telling my sister over the phone,that i was probably niscarrying. at the time i was experiencing some pain but it went away when i rested.

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